We have all become wary of emails and messages promising prizes, easy money-making opportunities and appeals from Nigerian princes.
But scammers can evolve too, and as people start spending more and more time online due to the lockdown, they seem to be doing just that.
McAfee Labs, the threat research division of McAfee, the global computer security company, recently released a report titled “Covid-19: Malware Makes Hay During a Pandemic", which analyzed the pandemic-themed cyberthreats that have been emerging over the past few months.
The report stated that these threats typically leverage a phishing email delivery method, with coronavirus themes and messages, which are aimed at luring people into engaging and allowing these threats to